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Title
Letter from Bazil Rozelle to his wife
Creator
Rozelle, Bazil
Date Created and/or Issued
September 13, 1896
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
South Bay Digital Collection
Rights Information
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Description
In this letter from Bazil Rozelle to his wife (presumably Edith Rozelle), he tells her how he spent his birthday; and discusses upkeep on the ranch, updates on crops, and comments on the upcoming election of [future president] McKinley.
The Rozelle collection, ranging from the late 1860's to the early 2000's contains correspondence, photographs, official documents, newspaper clippings, and genealogy information pertaining to the family of Bazil Tillson Rozelle. Letters reflect current and family affairs; and agricultural conditions of Compton in that era. Photographs include family vacations in Catalina Island circa 1890s; Compton, Paramount, and Lynwood areas circa 1890s; World War II boat christening from Terminal Island CA circa 1940s; and mink farming in southern California circa 1940s-1950s.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence
application/pdf
6 pages, 1 envelope; 11 x 8.5 in.
Identifier
roz_01_06_003
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/southbay/id/3533
Language
English
Subject
Agriculture
Ranch life
Family
Ranches
Harvesting
Crops
Place
Compton, California
Source
Rozelle Family Collection
Relation
South Bay Digital Collection
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8k93f1v/

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